(Newsmax) – The FCC’s decision Thursday to convert the Internet from an unregulated, competitive-free market to a government-controlled utility — known as net neutrality — will regulate every economic aspect of the Internet, according to American Commitment president and free-market policy analyst Phil Kerpen.
“Every rate that’s charged between companies, between companies and consumers, they’re now all going to be subject to adjust a reasonable standard, which means complaints can be filed at the FCC, which … lawyers can litigate,” Kerpen said Friday on Newsmax TV’s ”America’s Forum.”
“There are going to be tons of lawsuits all over the place. Repeals say ‘I don’t like that price, it’s too high, I don’t like the way they’re managing this network, I don’t like that they’re allowing this service and not that service.’
“Net Neutrality” Trial lawyers’ full-employment act.
Lawyers telling us how to live?
What a novel concept.
Hey, it’s not like Hussein didn’t warn us prior to his first election, by declaring “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America”.
And yet, here we are…
And of course, congressional Republicans are impotent. Useless bastards.
More of this sociopathic, plastic banana republic socialist Froot-Loop’s plan to ham-string America and foment chaos any way possible!
More like -…. “known as ObamaNet”.
What we had before this bullshit decree / internet takeover was “net neutrality”.
The government fucks up everything it touches….except the Post Office.
If one argues there is NO WAY ObamaNet will be used in ways we Conservatives are imagining, remind them that the Commerce Clause of the Constitution (of all things) was used to ram through ObamaCare.
I doubt this will mean long term employment for trial lawyers, because it will only take one lawsuit to make it to SCOTUS and overturn the entire package as blatantly, outrageously unconstitutional.
“And of course, congressional Republicans are impotent. Useless bastards.”
For the millionth time, they are not impotent, useless bastards. They are COMPLICIT. They AGREE WITH and SUPPORT every damn thing that is happening.
Think. All ISP net security is by definition censorship. So ISPs can no longer be held liable for any net security issues either.
Welcome residential and small business users to “provide 100% of your own net security” and 100% liability for Internet lawsuits.
That Walmart firewall router probably isn’t up to stopping DoS attacks and lots of other stuff ISPs censored out of Internet. Oh you don’t have even that? Using Windows security alone?
Oh wait local LEO found that roaming kiddie porn server infection on your computer? No longer any humor when you are still liable for distribution due to poor security even though you proved you weren’t home for that week to view it?
ROFLMAO
Dedicated Linux hobbyists will chortle.
What you thought video streaming would continue to work most the time?
Nope not unless EVERYONE online has that fat constant 1.5Mbps data connection (or whatever rate you use).
There are NO PRIORITIES for bandwidth under pure Net Neutrality.
Even someone backing up that whole home computer drive because they just added 1 small file and heck its been 24 hours.
Net neutrality says either all video streams work or they all fail. Adding one stream can crash them all if insufficient bandwidth exists — because the new user has equal rights.
Practically streams might resume with extreme stutter as they retry in an unsynchronized manner. Like a child trying to fit all the blocks in the toy chest and starting over and over again from scratch when something does not fit — at least until a few blocks get lost.
But give things 5-6 years for new Internet expansion to include excess bandwidth even at peak hours and days. Then most of that pure Net Neutrality can take place as advertised. Except for those security, personal liability and LEO issues.
Could also be nasty for legal video viewers as everything shifts to pay per episode instead of pay per channel. Sure its sounds good when you no longer pay for stuff you don’t want. Except even 50 cents per episode and one show is more expensive than buying whole channels.
Meantime there will be a new Wild West and plenty of scammers to profit. Video pirates will set up servers on local cable nets without fear to supply the Video On Demand streaming experience that major commercial sources not longer can. Without ISP interference and monitoring they will easily evade LEOs and the entertainment industry court actions — except for the random LEO team in vans (small percentage risk).
Old “behind the Internet times” movie and TV distributors will get a resurgence of audience at theatres and broadcast channels plus time to catch up and become part of the new Internet distribution.
Cable companies may not fair well if the FCC rules that satellite data feeds for TV channels is part of the Internet but merely another high quality prioritized video streaming service. Often on the same satellites nowadays.
And that might lead to traditional TV networks also becoming more fragmented in order to deal only in download delayed programming. No more “live” high priority program streams. Everything managed on a la carte show basis with random download delays.